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Dental social media company raises $3.5M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Marketing firm Social Dental has raised $3.5 million in seed round funding.

October 1, 2015

Align Technology gives $1 for selfies to Operation Smile

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Align Technology will donate $1 to Operation Smile for each smiling selfie tagged with #RealSmile on social media to coincide with World Smile Day on October 2.

October 1, 2015

Kaiser expert touts MLPs during ADA webinar

By Donna Domino

Midlevel providers (MLPs) can help dentists expand their Medicaid practices without shrinking their private-pay practices, the associate director of a Kaiser commission on Medicaid said during a recent ADA webinar focusing on a new Health Policy Institute report on dental care utilization.

September 30, 2015

Practice building starts with team building

By Rhonda Savage, DDS

Team building is the key to successful practice building, writes Dr. Rhonda Savage. Growing your business will happen organically if you consistently keep staff members in the know, continuously satisfy patients' needs, and show appreciation for your team's great work.

September 30, 2015

Why are you micromanaging?

By Lisa Knowles, DDS

Dentists are often accused of micromanaging. Why is that? Because they do just that. However, as Dr. Lisa Knowles writes, micromanaging can sometimes take the form of microlearning, which has a very different purpose.

September 29, 2015

ADA brief: More children in Medicaid seeing a dentist

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The gap in dental care utilization in the U.S. narrowed between children enrolled in Medicaid and those with private dental benefits from 2005 to 2013, but a large gap remains between adults in those categories, according to a new research brief by the ADA Health Policy Institute.

September 28, 2015

Can changing your morning routine change your practice?

By Jay Geier

Changing your morning routine has nothing to do with where you get coffee. As Scheduling Institute President Jay Geier writes, it has to do with taking care of business before you get to the office, so you can be fully present and engaged with your patients and staff.

September 28, 2015

Equity firm enters Texas dental market

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Huron Capital Partners announced that its portfolio company, Michigan-based Spring & Sprout Dental Holdings, has entered into an affiliation with Austin, Texas-based Rising Stars Pediatric Dentistry.

September 27, 2015

Considering a merger? Here's what you need to know

By Sally McKenzie

Practice mergers often make sense. Merging with an established practice offers plenty of benefits, from reducing competition to expanding your patient base to gaining more referral sources -- all which can lead to growth and increased profits. But as practice management consultant Sally McKenzie writes, a merger isn't a business transaction you should jump into lightly.

September 27, 2015

Dos and don'ts for practice valuation

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

Major decisions you make at any stage of your dental career will probably influence your success at the final stage -- when it's time to sell your practice and retire. You wouldn't want to subordinate short-term goals to this long-range view, but get in the habit of mentally projecting how various factors will play out over time, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin.

September 27, 2015

uBiome makes donations for oral disease prevention

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biotech start-up uBiome is donating to Oral Health America's Smiles Across America program and making other donations to support oral disease prevention.

September 24, 2015

Dominion buys DentaQuest Mid-Atlantic, Virginia

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dominion Dental Services announced it will acquire DentaQuest Mid-Atlantic and DentaQuest Virginia.

September 24, 2015

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